The hype around Morgan early on was just ridiculous. He kicked a few 45s and made a few stops and all of a sudden he was as good as Cluxton. He may have bought into it a little but either way the expectation was unfair and has clearly affected him.

ps Cluxton made a great save with his arse … it could get him an All Star nomination …

But I think the hype actually made him relax, I think he felt he was up there with Cluxton, before he was anywhere near it, he started getting cocky , making gestures etc and then did not seem prepared for the fall when he started missing a few frees. He would have been far better concentrating on his own game rather than trying to be the next Cluxton, there just is not going to be one.
It might seem like I am having a go at him, but I am not, just honestly believe he got caught up in the hype and was not ready for it when things went wrong.

He definitely got the last sentence right. Kerry, Mayo and Dulbin have unlocked Tyrone too many times.

“But if Tyrone are realistic about winning an All-Ireland they have to change their style of play and you can’t have one style in Ulster and another for the All-Ireland series. They scored 1-8 from play the last day and we saw that the scores from play that they got came from long balls. They have the players to do it and the skill-set to do it and I think they could be way more dangerous as an attacking threat. I think it is too easy to play against them.”

Do ye have a sports psychologist as part of the back room team . I’m sure it’s something they could work on because it’s not a once off occurance . Surprised Peter Harte isn’t taking the frees , are the frees from distance out of his range ?

I think he is capable of being a good free taker, but there was a stage that after Cluxton’s success, it just seemed to be the norm for keepers to come up and take frees, a lot of them were pretty poor at it but I think Morgan was one of the few that looked like he had potential. The problem was as soon as a goalkeeper missed a free, you could hear the murmurs " Ah yer man thinks he is Cluxton" and I feel this kind of heaped more pressure on goalkeepers, not only were they taking what were very difficult kicks, but if they missed they were getting jibed for being Cluxton wannabes.
Cluxton has a lot to answer for

The problem was as soon as a goalkeeper missed a free, you could hear the murmurs " Ah yer man thinks he is Cluxton" and I feel this kind of heaped more pressure on goalkeepers, not only were they taking what were very difficult kicks, but if they missed they were getting jibed for being Cluxton wannabes.

Well that’s definitely true of Morgan.

Plus Cluxton comes across as very focussed, whereas, NM allows himself to get caught up in a game.